When should a retailer order to be on shelf for spring?

Short answer

Work backwards from the season using published lead times. A new mould programme takes about 10 to 14 weeks from order to goods landed and an existing-tooling order about 7 to 9 weeks, plus sea transit inside that figure.

Answered from the sea urchin soft lures record · Soft lures · question 6 of 8 · updated 2026-09-18

A sea-urchin soft lure from our sampled Soft Lure listings: spined body, scent channel, sold in bulk.
From the record: Sea urchin soft lures

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For a northern spring shelf date, confirm the order in the fourth quarter of the previous year, which is also when tackle factories book peak-season capacity.

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Part of the product record Sea urchin soft lures (Soft lures). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.

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Sampled listings from the same product family (Soft lures). Reference price per unit with the MOQ stated; a quotation against your specification governs a transaction.

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